Quebec Network for Research on Aging - Annual Research Days
MONTREAL, Sept. 27, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Network for Research on Aging's (QNRA) 10th annual Research Days will be held in Montreal on October 1 and 2. Several topics will be discussed by Network researchers, students and internationally-renowned aging researchers such as the future of research on aging, drug use and mental health.
In Quebec, 15.7% of the population is 65 years old or more, and by 2056 this proportion is expected to reach 28%. Moreover, Quebec could have 19,000 100-year olds by 2056, compared to 1,000 in 2006. This health challenge should be seen as a unique opportunity to come up with new evidence-based actions and ways of doing things. It is of the utmost importance to advance research in several fields that can contribute to health aging.
This event coincides with International Day of Older Persons. Its goal is to review the state of the art of knowledge about aging and to foster exchanges among students, researchers, health professionals and clinicians.
Some of the symposium's major presentations:
- Monday, October 1, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. - Keynote speaker
Dr. Yves Joanette, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Aging
Avenir de la recherche sur le vieillissement au Canada
- Monday, October 1, 3:45 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. - Keynote speaker
Dr. Laura Fratiglioni, Director of the Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
Healthy Aging: Mission Impossible?
- Tuesday, October 2, 3:30 p.m.-5 :00 p.m. - Mental health of the elderly
Sarah-Gabrielle Béland, QNRA's mental health theme, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke
Portrait épidémiologique de l'utilisation de médicaments psychotropes au Québec : problématiques et pistes de solutions
Richard Boyer, Director, QNRA's mental health theme, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal and researcher at the Centre de recherche Fernand-Séguin, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine
L'épidémiologie des troubles mentaux chez les aînés du Québec vivant au sein de la communauté
David L. Streiner, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
The Prevalence of Mental Disorder in the Elderly: Separating Facts from Artifacts
More than 20 short presentations will also be featured.
To view the complete program, see www.rqrv.com/fr/journee2012.
REMINDER
| WHAT: | 10th annual Quebec Network for Research on Aging Research Days |
| WHEN: | Monday, October 1 and Tuesday, October 2 (program and website below) |
| WHERE: | Hotel Omni Mont-Royal 1050 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal |
INTERVIEW REQUESTS
Dr. Pierrette Gaudreau, Director, QNRA and Director of the Aging Neuroendocrinology Laboratory at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), is available from Friday, September 28 to October 2, inclusively. Dr. José Morais, Associate Director, QNRA and Director of the Geriatrics Division at McGill University, will also be available to meet with the media on October 1-2.
If you wish to obtain an interview with Dr. Gaudreau or Dr. Morias, please contact Sylvie Robitaille (see below).
SOURCE: CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L'UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
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Sylvie Robitaille
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